Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

This bill proposes an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, specifically targeting the computation of overtime compensation. Its core purpose is to prevent certain employer-provided benefits related to dependent care from influencing an employee's regular rate of pay.

The legislation mandates that payments or reimbursements for child or dependent care services, along with the value of any child or dependent care services directly provided by an employer, will not be included when calculating the regular rate of pay for overtime purposes. This means that these valuable benefits will not increase the base hourly rate used to determine an employee's overtime wages. The changes introduced by this amendment will be effective for all workweeks commencing on or after the bill's enactment date.